According to recent reports, a former karate instructor jumped in when he saw a police officer attempting to detain a shoplifter, despite the fact he is nearly three times the suspect’s age.

Charlie Burton, 75, explained he was at a Pittsburgh-area mall when he witnessed a commotion. According to Fox News, the man was selling merchandise at a sportsman’s show being held at the shopping center at the time of the incident.

“I was going to the food court to get something to eat,” he recalled, “and I went over there and there was this officer. He had a fella up against the counter there, and I saw he was in trouble.”

At that point, Burton explained he disregarded his wife’s protest and got involved in the situation.

“I think the officer tripped him a little bit first,” he explained, “and I give him a flip to put him down.”

Burton then explained his actions to a surprised WTXF reporter.

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“I made a move and made a big twist and twisted his arm up over my head,” he said.

When Burton had the 29-year-old suspect, believed to have stolen items from a mall retailer, in his grasp, he warned him to stop resisting.

“Yeah,” he said, “I got his arm and gave him a big twist and tripped him and put him face down. He kept hollering, ‘You’re hurting my arm,’ and I said, ‘You better quit fussing around and fighting, I’ll just break it.’”

Thanks to the septuagenarian’s quick action, the suspect was arrested and taken to the county jail where he will face charges related to the theft and an unrelated drug offense.